This is just what I've been looking for! I just started making baby hats for our local hospital. I've found all kinds of adorable patterns for girl's hats, but haven't found anything that I really liked for little boys. I can't wait to make it! So much for getting my laundry done tonight :)

This a is such a cute hat! I am confused about round 7. I ch 9 then dc in 4th chain from hook, then dc in next 5 ch. Then it says to dc in each dc around, am I supposed to switch directions? I am new to crocheting so I need some help!! THanks!

Hey Anonymous, that round is the one where you start the flap. So you need to add some length (the chains) then build on the chains. Then you continue with the rest of the round on the dcs. If you look at the picture on the bottom right, you can see that first row of the flap, which is the part you are stuck on. Maybe that will help...

Nellie, can you be more specific? You make the flap by chaining, then double crocheting in the chains, then you start double crocheting around the hat. It makes sense to me, so I can't help you unless you explain how it doesn't make sense to you. :)

Hey Alli, I am now stuck on row 8. When I get to the flap, so I keep the fpdc and bpdc on the flap? or behind it, or do I stop when I get there? I keep doing it both ways I can't figure out what looks right. These patterns are so darned cute!!!!

Hi Alli. so I tried making this hat last night and I got a little stuck on the flap part. for some reason when I made the flap it was very narrow...so when I finish the last three rows it didn't match up. I had extra length on the hat with a slit that wasn't covered by my flap. Is that just because I crochet too tight or do you think I might have done something wrong with the flap?

Hi Alli! I just wanted to thank you so much for all your patterns that you have been so nice enough to share with everyone! I spend many hours surfing different crochet blogs and i always find myself coming back to yours. It really has been my go to when I am looking for a nice hat pattern! They are easy to follow and always turn out so nice! Thanks so much again,I can wait to see what you come up with next! Lisa

I just finished this hat. So cute! I had a hard time finding a hat for a little boy, just as the pp mentioned. I also had to pause at row 7. It was the 'opposite direction' that tripped me up. I interpreted it as needing to turn so my stiches were in the opposite direction. Really I should have continued on going around the hat as I had in previous rounds. Because I turned, the flap on the other side of the hat than what is shown in the pictures. Doesn't take away from how adorable the hat is. Thank you for the pattern!

I made this adorable little hat...and I was just fine with the pattern until I got to the end and had this opening on the same side as the flap from where I didn't join the circle, starting with Row 7. What am I supposed to do to finish it/close the hole? Or, what do you think I did wrong to encounter that hole in the first place?

The "hole" where you don't join should be the place where the flap overlaps. So when you button the flap together, the two sides that you didn't join overlap each other to form the flap. Does that help?

Hello, Alli!I´ve crocheted this cute beannie and I love the results!I had the same "problem" above with the flap, but I guess it can´t be seen in the finished beannie...My blog and the beannie photos are here: http://linhasimaginarias.blogspot.com.br/2012/08/casaquinhos-afins.htmlThanks a lot for sharing!Best regards, from Brazil

I love the color of blue that you used on the hat pictured above. Do you remember what it is called? On the Hobby Lobby website of I Love Cotton yarn it looks like it could be Summer Sparkle or Stonewash.

Hi Ali, thought you might like to take a look at this pic... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Crochet-Newborn-Baby-Cocoon-Accessories-Photo-Props-Paperboy-Cap-/140900095655?pt=UK_Baby_Girls&hash=item20ce4cd6a7

Thank You for this bit of advice!!!! I made the hat and did not include the FLAP after Row 7 and had "extra" rows and was wondering like the other 2 people what had I done wrong. I came back here and read the comments and seen yours where it said INCLUDE the Flap, I ripped back and now it looks like it should!!! Thank You!!!

I hve a question. I am teaching myself so I dont know how to read patterns very well. The very first thing is to do a magic ring then it says 10 dc in ring then pull. I did this and it came out weird. Do I have to pull and close and then 10 dc?

I'm having the same problem as everyone else. The flap appears to small and too high on the hat, and the open space below is to wide. Other than that I really love the hat! Please clarify--what are we doing wrong with the flap?

Has there been any updates on the clarification of this pattern? I'm having a similar problem to everyone else with the flap. Right now my hat looks like it has a narrow tail between a fairly wide gap in the fpdc and bpdc rows... I can see the potential in the hat, if only I knew how to make it work... Thanks!

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